So I was talking to a friend online today and he brought this video to my attention "genuinely concerned for my safety" since I have a T-Mobile Branded HTC HD2.
dcomp92_from_youtube said:
my htc hd2 caught on fire in my hands when i was watching a movie on it.
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He's also selling this phone on eBay. It's currently going for just over $2000 USD
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It's currently going for just over $2000 USD
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That's it, I'm starting a movie on my Hero and crossing my fingers...
I wonder what movie would be hot enough to ignite MY phone...
I bet he was watching something with Chuck Norris in it. Ignited because of the pure awesomeness!!!
I just asked him what he was watching... Awaiting reply!!
it is like almost impossible to heat it up to a point which it will ignite itself.
the highest i have got is something similar 70-80 C I think... and i almost got a heart attack... phone froze at the first boot screen for 45 minutes unnotised...long story....(like a cup of really hot tea )
I do find his bed sheets quite funny though... I think he faked it. No way would it get hot enough to ignite in his hand.
When he was watching it did he decide to leave it on the oven hob? Then yeah, maybe it could have caught fire whilst watching a movie. If he had it in his hands, erm, highly unlikely as his hands were laking any kind of burn marks.
If it is real, and if it were me.... if i was watching a movie on my phone, I tend to hold it in my hands to get the best angle, I would have been touching the metal backing somewhere with my hand... more heat goes to my hand through metal, if it got hot
(a) Suddenly, I would have dropped it, probabaly making the battery come out.
(b) Gradually, I would have turned it off, and taken the battery out and left open to cool...
Does look pretty sweet as it is though!
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I bet he was watching something with Chuck Norris in it. Ignited because of the pure awesomeness!!!
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nah he was watching transformers 2 (as seen on ebay QnA)... maybe he overclocked the screen to run 4D which allows fires and flamethrowers and railguns to pop outta the screen and KO the phone.....
Yea, that Q&A was my question!
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(a) Suddenly, I would have dropped it, probabaly making the battery come out.
(b) Gradually, I would have turned it off, and taken the battery out and left open to cool...
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What if the battery didn't pop out if he reacted as in (a), he could have still panicked and went somewhere where fire wouldn't affect stuff and tired to put it out.
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What if the battery didn't pop out if he reacted as in (a), he could have still panicked and went somewhere where fire wouldn't affect stuff and tired to put it out.
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well he could have blown it with his mouth then.... he should have got a heart attack by then
no way that's real
I have heard of laptop batteries catching on fire, so it's remotely possible that he had a faulty battery that exploded or something, but I'm 90% sure he's lying. It looks like he just threw it in a fire, which may or may not have ignited the battery.
i've had my hd2 since new, plenty of slingbox on the puppy...it only gets hot when i tethering via wi-fi, but not like the tp!
If your HD2 ever states to get hot.... throw it out the window! YOU WILL DIE!
ROFL!
It's fake. There's no doubt. He said his battery blew up... I'm pretty sure that back cover would have came off and certainly wouldn't have been melted to the rest of the phone at that time.
However, for 2000 dollars, I'd burn mine, too.
edit: He's jacking the price up. Look at the bidders. No one's going to buy that.
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So lately my wife has been working a lot of evening shifts, and for the past couple months has been carpooling with a male co-worker. At first I didn't mind, I would rather have someone with her in case she has car trouble or something like that, but it seems that they have become a little bit more than friends. You know the scenario, the phone calls that hangup, she starts wearing nice clothes to work, talking about him all the time, etc. I don't know what to think. If I'm out in the garage when she gets home (usually after midnight) he just drops her off and leaves, but if the lights are off in the garage and I'm in the house (they think I'm sleeping) they sit out in the car for like twenty minutes. I asked her once what they were doing, she said "just talking"....whatever.
So last night I decide that I'm going to see what really goes on out there. I leave the garage door open, but turn out all the lights. About the time she usually gets home, I go out and hide in the garage and wait. In a few minutes, his car pulls into my driveway, and I'm hiding behind my car. When his headlights shine through the garage and onto my car, I see something that I just can't believe. I had a big scratch on my Tilt screen. Do you think I should use screen protectors?
Yeah you should use one of those touchscreen finger protectors lol
http://phonefingers.com/
Sounds like your wife might be needing something like that too.
I must say the satire of this thread is classic!
lol yeah the first give away was
" she starts wearing nice clothes to work"
everybody know us males see clothes as binary
on and off and thats it
if friends family and coworkers gathered around me and
said that as a practical joke they had all been wearing the same
clothes every! day since i met them i would not be able to
100% write it off as a lie to tease me
nice one!
bR
?????
Thats soooo stupid.......Thats the dumbest story I ever heard .....
OK now install a screen guard and then get back on the case. you can use your tilt as a camera ,so hide next to the driveway with all the lights off in the house. when they start to talk, wait a few minuets until they get into the conversation and jump out and snap the photo. Then post here with update. we are all waiting. Also this would be a nice time to use her charge card for that 60" plasma hdtv. or if you ever thought of getting a Hummer H3! now might be a good time. share with her your fears, then while she's feeling guilty pop the Hummer or Plasma into the works. Start with the Hummer the shock will be so great that she will have no choice but to ok the Plasma! just a thought from Uncle Ed!
Yeah, as if he wouldn't receive the bill for that
very funny!! very creative man.....
Yes, it was a parody. Not my original idea... I saw it in an automotive forum and changed it a little. I thought it was funny so just wanted to share.
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So lately my wife has been working a lot of evening shifts, and for the past couple months has been carpooling with a male co-worker. At first I didn't mind, I would rather have someone with her in case she has car trouble or something like that, but it seems that they have become a little bit more than friends. You know the scenario, the phone calls that hangup, she starts wearing nice clothes to work, talking about him all the time, etc. I don't know what to think. If I'm out in the garage when she gets home (usually after midnight) he just drops her off and leaves, but if the lights are off in the garage and I'm in the house (they think I'm sleeping) they sit out in the car for like twenty minutes. I asked her once what they were doing, she said "just talking"....whatever.
So last night I decide that I'm going to see what really goes on out there. I leave the garage door open, but turn out all the lights. About the time she usually gets home, I go out and hide in the garage and wait. In a few minutes, his car pulls into my driveway, and I'm hiding behind my car. When his headlights shine through the garage and onto my car, I see something that I just can't believe. I had a big scratch on my Tilt screen. Do you think I should use screen protectors?
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ahahahhhaaa! that was great!
at first i was feeling sorry, till, then when i was at the line right before the surprised smiley face i really thought she was gonna do something, then i read the tilt scratch part. haha nice one!
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Yes, it was a parody. Not my original idea... I saw it in an automotive forum and changed it a little. I thought it was funny so just wanted to share.
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LOL...at least you have your priorities right!!!!
lmao.. i was like? wtf?
But yeah.. these tilt screens SEEM like they can scratch a little easier than the previous 8525. Maybe my imagination?
I lol'd
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that IS brilliant
merry christmas
Some of the topics in Off-topic is really funny and interesting.
i was really enjoying ur story initially.......but after hearing the scratch part..i feel sorry for ya.
WAHAHAHAHA!! I love it! really funny!
LOL, more of this please
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Great thread, mate. Now i have more reasons to visit Off-Topic. Cheers..
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whats your water damaged phone story? did it survive?? or anything else electronic that is water damaged
ill start with mine: during soccer i was subbing and i wanted water and so in a hurry threw the bottle on the bag which led it to get my phone wet, everything was wet and it would not turn on. kept it in rice for a night and it started working till today. btw it was a touch pro 2
Was drinking one night and had to pee really bad... ran to the urinal and as I started to pee I heard a clank but didn't pay much attention. After I was done I looked down only to see that I had just peed all over a phone that looked like mine... and that phone was currently in the process of being sucked down the urinal drain. I never saw it again. It was a palm pre and wasn't really missed very much.
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The first phone of mine that has met water was my old HTC Touch The reason I came to xda It was a snowday, and I'd zipped up my pockets, got home forgot it was in there, got changed and Bam! in the washing machine
so is now A broken phone that plays a dodgy noise when plugged in
Which is why I invest in otterboxes if I can.
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When I was younger I had a Gameboy (Which one I don't remember :/) and I dropped it down the toilet.
I was sad.
Once, me and my mate were in his back garden having a water fight, and he had his bag on the floor.
So first i stood on his bag and then just messing i squirted the hose pipe in it so it was full of water and he went MAD!!!!!
I emptied his bag and a few books and his mp3 player fell out lol!!!
I then realised why he went mad, it was crused and dripping with water.
I took it home, took the battery out and put it on the radiator to dry overnight.
Put a battery in it and it come on!!!
Played music and worked!
It had a cracked screen but worked.
LOL!!!!
6 months later he bought an iPiss.
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iPiss.
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lool
2 years ago I had a cheap digital watch that was supposed to be waterproof, went for a swim and it became dead meat.
I bought a casio after and it is still working
However I had another incident with my smuggled SE M600i
I went home one day and it was really dirty, so instead of choosing the good LCD cleaner, I went for alcohol , and wiped the whole device.
Two minutes later the touch screen died I was WTF?
it was too late when my brother enlightened me with the information that alcohol degrades touch screens
no one knew how to fixed it and thought it was Chinese sh*t
fixed it after I bought my TP2 thx to me and to a Chinese spare parts site
very confusing to see such a thread! i think im master in destroying my phones
first one i lost was on a rock festival where i fell straigt into the mud with my phone in my pocket. phone was down immediately
my second phone i lost was when i was drunk and want to get some beer out of a fountain where it was for cooling... so it was dark and i thought it's useful to use my phone as a lamp ...u can think what happens next
and the third i just lost while i'm on tour - mine and my girlfirend's phone together.
this were phones like nokia or samsung, now im on nexus one and i guard it "with my life" everytime i go on a party i take my old SE
cheers
Is it just me, or has anyone else had to put their hand down a toilet?
Or after a night out partying, phone an ex, only to have the phone violently meet with the ground and disintegrate into tiny pieces (sim card to be found the next day, haha)
Tell your story (funny now, but not at the time) of your past phones deaths...
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MJ-12
Wtf what r u saying ... U smashed ur phone to ground?
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Damn i smashed my previous Nokia 5800 but nothing happened to it
Phone flew outta my coat pocket last winter when I started running, smashed all over the road but was still good. Then a few months later was drunk wrestling with my dog and it fell outta my pocket again, my dog found it and chewed on it, plus it rained... Had to search most of the next morning for it, recharged it still worked fine but super chewed... Then the last main thing, I was getting out of a car and it was on my lap, it landed face down with extended batt. on cement and the digitizer finally blew... I've since replaced every part on the phone except the LCD and mobo... I still love this phone and the devs that keep it more updated then then the newest phones out there... Thank God I haven't had to fish in the toilet yet:-o
Bikinis off, evo...
Once i was so drunk i thought it would be a good idea to throw my 2 week old Nokia (this was when Nokia were the top dogs lol) in the air pretending i was scoring a goal and kick it nearly breaking my foot in the process and my phone smashes to pieces
jonny68 said:
Once i was so drunk i thought it would be a good idea to throw my 2 week old Nokia (this was when Nokia were the top dogs lol) in the air pretending i was scoring a goal and kick it nearly breaking my foot in the process and my phone smashes to pieces
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LOL, did you score?
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LOL, did you score?
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woke up the next day with a bruised foot, nasty hangover and no phone
[i highly doubt ill be doing anything remotely like that with my GS2)
jonny68 said:
woke up the next day with a bruised foot, nasty hangover and no phone
[i highly doubt ill be doing anything remotely like that with my GS2)
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hahahahaha! Outstanding, made me laugh lol....
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Is it just me, or has anyone else had to put their hand down a toilet?
MJ-12
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I actually killed a phone in a toilet I was out partying and I was really drunk. I had to pee and while peeing I had my thing in the left hand and was trying to text with my right hand (which is extremely difficult when the letters on the keyboard are moving around ;-) ) Suddenly I drop it straight down the toilet and I was just like "whoops" and I picked it up. It was dead
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Me and a friend used to send the occasional poop pic back and forth. After a morning of too much coffee I released an extra frothy concoction into the toilet and decided it was pic worthy for our chain letter. I dropped the phone into the toilet, quickly grabbed it out and rinsed it in the bathtub. It worked for about two weeks after that but slowly gave in. it was a crappy pantech flip phone. Good riddance. On the plus side nobody would ask to use my phone after that.
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Me and a friend used to send the occasional poop pic back and forth. After a morning of too much coffee I released an extra frothy concoction into the toilet and decided it was pic worthy for our chain letter. I dropped the phone into the toilet, quickly grabbed it out and rinsed it in the bathtub. It worked for about two weeks after that but slowly gave in. it was a crappy pantech flip phone. Good riddance. On the plus side nobody would ask to use my phone after that.
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Lol now that is random, not sure what is worse the what happened to the phone or the story behind what happened looooool.
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I was walking through a McDonalds drive-thru/car park area with my wife and we were having an argument. Out of exasperation, she flung her bag around, and her Sony Ericsson k750i flew out and hit the tarmac, a group of guys were watching not far away.
As I skipped over the get the phone, a car came out of the drive-thru, and despite protests to stop, drove straight over it wheel first. As the crunch happened, the group of guys all went 'ohhhhhhh' at the same time. It was complete dead, shattered screen, and a few mm thinner lol. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but glad I had insurance for a next day swap!
i had a sony ericcsson w580i that had a good little run around the insides of my washing machine (by accident of course - forgot to check my pockets beforehand)
the phone still worked fine, but the washing machine went on strike at that point (something about unauthorised foreign objects..)
i never tried 'cleaning' a phone again!!
Many years ago when I was on my way to work.I was talking on phone with my client. Some dude bum on me really hard accidently and my phone flew over to the road and a car ran over it.
the phone were disembowelled and I pick it up, the call still connects and I finished the call with the client with that naked disembowelled phone.
It was an old school Nokia 3310 lol.
It's not dead technically but since the chassis and keypad and screen were all broken .so
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@jpxdude, and darkinners.
Would love to have seen these incidents, the shock on faces as the phone gets trashed... lol
Priceless
As said, am sure it was far from funny at the time, but hey it is now.
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Wtf what r u saying ... U smashed ur phone to ground?
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ahh, basically, yes
More of a fail on my part lol. Had a Samsung u900 and pulled it apart because the keypad was being funny. All went well until I realised I couldn't put it back together. I don't know if a clip broke or what but the internal components never sat right afterwards haha.
Back in high school during my stupid and naive days, my Sony Ericsson k610i's paint was peeling pretty badly. So I idiotically painted it black and went to school. Answered a call and the black paint transfered to my face without my knowledge. I took some serious ridicule that day haha. So I got rid of phone and used a spare for 6 months til contract ended lol
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Haha I accidentally poured Ice-cream on my Old Nokia once and the thing just fried Poor phone
LOL I had my hand in a toilet to recover my blackberry and my old iPhone 4. Took them out of my pocket before a shower, and slipped right from my hand into the toilet. Both times
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LOL I had my hand in a toilet to recover my blackberry and my old iPhone 4. Took them out of my pocket before a shower, and slipped right from my hand into the toilet. Both times
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both of them? seriously man, be careful. others have old school phones, you have high end phones.
Yep, checking texts and yep, BAM...Snatched and sprint.
Police report or Tracing did nothing.
Anyone know of cases that also have chains?
Thanks
The official Samsung protective case has a slot for a lanyard, but I doubt it'd be strong enough to withstand it being snatched from your hands (or you might be left with a case and no phone)
I think some of the aluminium bumper cases have lanyard slots and they'd be a much safer bet for something like this. If I'm mistaken about the lanyard slot you could also insert one between the headphone port and the 2nd microphone, but that might cause issues with noise cancellation.
I think a lanyard with the official sammy case will stop a snatched and grab.
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we'll have concealed carry here is a few more days, so that will stop some a-hole from stealing your stuff...hard to believe this is the only state in the country where you still cant...
If you have a strong enough lanyard, just find a case that works with it. Make sure it is a tough case and it will be strong enough to stay and not break or at least make the snatcher think it isn't worth it to take one.
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we'll have concealed carry here is a few more days, so that will stop some a-hole from stealing your stuff...hard to believe this is the only state in the country where you still cant...
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Yep glock on my butt crack n gerber auto knife in pocket...but if you shoot a fool for that your goin to jail lol,although if its on your hip not concealed and its seen it might detur (sp) somebody trying to rob you....thats f#cked up man sorry
Bit of a sidetrack, but regarding the 'carry a gun' thing, no. Showing a gun on your hip doesn't scare away the really motivated criminals.
It makes you target #1.
And a good video to go along with the info:
Ignore the comments because as usual, on Youtube they're half ignorant and half truthful and half bat-poop insane and half of all phrases using "half" are made up percentages.
This might be a good off-topic conversation so as not to derail the current thread...
That's terrible about your phone getting stolen. Over the weekend I saw this on the news (see link below) about thieves stealing phones and selling them at the mall. I never heard or seen these kiosks before.
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/52009921
I wonder if something like a Sling Grip or Fly Grip would reduce the chances of someone taking the phone out of your hands. It's not full proof, but it could hinder the thief.
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we'll have concealed carry here is a few more days, so that will stop some a-hole from stealing your stuff...hard to believe this is the only state in the country where you still cant...
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you cant in MD. there trying to change it but its going to take forever
apallohadas said:
Bit of a sidetrack, but regarding the 'carry a gun' thing, no. Showing a gun on your hip doesn't scare away the really motivated criminals.
It makes you target #1.
And a good video to go along with the info:
Ignore the comments because as usual, on Youtube they're half ignorant and half truthful and half bat-poop insane and half of all phrases using "half" are made up percentages.
This might be a good off-topic conversation so as not to derail the current thread...
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This video doesn't even talk about the visible presence of a gun being a crime deterrent. Unless you mean concealed carry instead of showing a gun on your hip.
However I do agree with the majority of the points presented.
Going to geek out for a second, but if the perceived reward for the criminal is greater than the perception of the sanction against the act (i.e. getting shot or caught), then the criminal will try to 'get er done' anyway.
In other words, if the person open carrying looks like a target, they will still be a target, but now with a higher priority and more likely to receive a violent opening to the event.
The average Joe doesn't practice with their firearms anywhere near to the level of a soldier or law enforcer. Their retention self defense is minimal along with the very popular Serpa holsters or Uncle Mike's holsters that allow anyone to yank really hard and pull out the weapon.
All that being said, I'm a big fan of concealed carry.
Concealed carry is the dumbest argument for this kind of situation. What would you do? The person snatched it from your hands. A concealed (can't be seen) wouldn't deter the person. You weren't vigilant enough to stop that from happening so you're going to pull your gun and put other innocent people at risk?
And a gun on the hip and can be seen is a bigger danger as far as I'm concerned. One sucker punch and an opportunistic criminal is taking that gun off of you. Another gun on the streets in the wrong hands.
I'm not against guns and all that...I just think some clueless people that watch too much TV think they can go buy a gun and go to the range once a year and all of a sudden are experts on self defense.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to have to kill someone over a cell phone. There's no telling if that person that took off with the phone is carrying either and I don't know about where you live, but here it's usually a group of teens and they could care less about really running half the time. You just have to know to be vigilant when things seem fishy. And if you ride public transportation watch at all stops.
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Concealed carry is the dumbest argument for this kind of situation. What would you do? The person snatched it from your hands. A concealed (can't be seen) wouldn't deter the person. You weren't vigilant enough to stop that from happening so you're going to pull your gun and put other innocent people at risk?
And a gun on the hip and can be seen is a bigger danger as far as I'm concerned. One sucker punch and an opportunistic criminal is taking that gun off of you. Another gun on the streets in the wrong hands.
I'm not against guns and all that...I just think some clueless people that watch too much TV think they can go buy a gun and go to the range once a year and all of a sudden are experts on self defense.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to have to kill someone over a cell phone. There's no telling if that person that took off with the phone is carrying either and I don't know about where you live, but here it's usually a group of teens and they could care less about really running half the time. You just have to know to be vigilant when things seem fishy. And if you ride public transportation watch at all stops.
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Say if you were to wear a chain when the thief was snatching your phone, you'd end up injured. Any material thing isnt worth your well being, man......... or woman.
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apallohadas said:
Bit of a sidetrack, but regarding the 'carry a gun' thing, no. Showing a gun on your hip doesn't scare away the really motivated criminals.
It makes you target #1.
And a good video to go along with the info:
Ignore the comments because as usual, on Youtube they're half ignorant and half truthful and half bat-poop insane and half of all phrases using "half" are made up percentages.
This might be a good off-topic conversation so as not to derail the current thread...
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I cant believe he did so poorly even with all his air soft experience lolol, but who ever said this wont happen cause you are getting a cpl, you dont deserve one. If the theif snachted your phone and ran by time you deployed gun lined up a shot at his back as he ran away from you all yoi would do is put more people at risk
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Sorry, I'm the OP and been ultra busy for days.
Regarding gun carry, I had two of them and didn't stop the snatch and sprinter.
(ok...I'm kind of kidding but I'm a personal trainer, 210pds fit with arms (guns) exposed etc. Stupid joke but....it's all about surprise and speed....and I am (very) fast...a sprinter!
Was a stereotypical 16yr kid, black hoodie, 145 and f a s t! That's his weapon.
I took off but didn't have a chance.
Really crowded sat afternoon in Chicago too... he ran down an alley...I screamed: 'stop him'...guys at the other end of the alley had 5 sec or more to react but just stood dumbfounded and watched him run by. (I guarantEE U, I would have stopped him and enjoyed it, had roles been reversed).
Cop said it's the #1 911 in all of Chicago now.
Easiest $200-$300 to snatch.
Why can't stolen devices be made completely unusable by Samsung/carriers...like completely.
It' d solve the problem.
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Say if you were to wear a chain when the thief was snatching your phone, you'd end up injured. Any material thing isnt worth your well being, man......... or woman.
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I think the visible chain would be a deterrent....they do size up their victims, and seeing that...would likely have them look elsewhere.
If it didn't, don't think much of an injury would occur.
I'm not joining the carrying the argument. All sides have valid points. Although, I did find the two videos interesting.
As for your case situation, it's hard to say what would work best. Not much if you're just using a cheapy TPU case. If you had something like a Defender, you could cut slots, feed some material, like what is used for dog leashes. On the end, inside the phone, I would super glue it to flat piece of strong plastic or metal. The other end, super glue it to form a loop. The material would maintain comfort. Personally, I think it would get old fast.
As a general rule, to really prevent it, one needs to pay attention to what's going on around them. Obviously, you must have used the phone a bit earlier and the thief saw and followed you, noticed you weren't paying attention. We know the rest
Also, sorry to hear about your phone.
OP: Are you not setup with the Samsung tracking facility? I'm surprised nobody has asked yet?
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rockky said:
Sorry, I'm the OP and been ultra busy for days.
Regarding gun carry, I had two of them and didn't stop the snatch and sprinter.
(ok...I'm kind of kidding but I'm a personal trainer, 210pds fit with arms (guns) exposed etc. Stupid joke but....it's all about surprise and speed....and I am (very) fast...a sprinter!
Was a stereotypical 16yr kid, black hoodie, 145 and f a s t! That's his weapon.
I took off but didn't have a chance.
Really crowded sat afternoon in Chicago too... he ran down an alley...I screamed: 'stop him'...guys at the other end of the alley had 5 sec or more to react but just stood dumbfounded and watched him run by. (I guarantEE U, I would have stopped him and enjoyed it, had roles been reversed).
Cop said it's the #1 911 in all of Chicago now.
Easiest $200-$300 to snatch.
Why can't stolen devices be made completely unusable by Samsung/carriers...like completely.
It' d solve the problem.
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If you report a phone as stolen, carriers would blacklist it from their network...of course, this would affect the buyer, not the thief
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No screen protector, only Huawei silicone case.
I had wire connected phone to laptop, heard doorbell, grabbed the fone and jumped off the bed, cable snapped out, phone slipped off my hand, flew two feet away from the bed and at a hight of around 2-3 feet, and fell flat on ceramic tile floor.
Thud! It sounded plastic-like, screen was facing upwards. I thought at least a shatter, picked it up and guess what.... nothing happened, screen is absolutely fine, not even a single scratch (also given that I have keys and phone in the same pocket most of the time).
Strike one
Wtf?
Strike one because your phone didn't break?
I get it, it's concerning/annoying to get such unexpected results when something like this happens. But don't worry, maybe "better luck" next time!
Btw, I wonder how much it would cost to replace the display as I assume it's not covered by the warranty?
jhs39 said:
Strike one because your phone didn't break?
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For my carelessness since this is the first drop after purchasing the phone.
charliebigpot said:
I get it, it's concerning/annoying to get such unexpected results when something like this happens. But don't worry, maybe "better luck" next time!
Btw, I wonder how much it would cost to replace the display as I assume it's not covered by the warranty?
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I need to get serious about going for a good casing, screen replacement will burn pocket really bad. M20Ps repairability score is 4/10 and that's not good.
rakesh2002 said:
I need to get serious about going for a good casing, screen replacement will burn pocket really bad. M20Ps repairability score is 4/10 and that's not good.
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I just ordered this case (mentioned in the cases thread)
https://www.amazon.com/Spigen-Hybrid-Designed-Huawei-Mate/dp/B07K2H1CN8
We carpeted most of our rooms with a thick soft carpeting. Saved a lot phones, tablets and other objects since.
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If you are seriously concerned about damaging your M20Pro in a fall/drop the 2 available UAG cases might be worth considering. I bought one but to me it was too bulky and made the phone uncomfortable to hold. Some people seem to love those cases.